Peter Severin Steenstrup

Peter Severin Steenstrup (29 November 1807 – 17 February 1863) was a Norwegian naval officer and businessperson.

He was the son of Constitutional founding father and businessman Poul Steenstrup and Thea Collett.^[1]

Steenstrup was a Lieutenant Commander in the Norwegian navy,^[2] and founded the shipbuilding company Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Christiania.^[1] He was one of the founders of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society,^[3] and was its chairman from 1853 to 1854.^[4]

In April 1835^[2] he married his second cousin Sophie Augusta Collett (1811–1872).^[1] Sophie Augusta Collett was the daughter of Johan Collett and niece of Jonas Collett, both of whom were Constitutional founding fathers. In addition she was the sister of Peter Jonas Collett, and as such sister-in-law of writer Camilla Collett. Their son Peter Steenstrup became a military officer as well. He married Marie Hiorth Kielland in July 1873.^[2]

Peter Severin Steenstrup was buried at the Vår Frelsers gravlund. A street in Oslo, Steenstrups gate was named for him.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Collett family
^ ^a ^b ^c Peter Steenstrup genealogy
^ Founders of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society
^ "PFs formenn 1852 – 2004" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Polytechnic Society. http://old.polyteknisk.no/formenn.html. Retrieved 27 November 2009.

Preceded by Oluf Nicolai Roll	Chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society 1853–1854	Succeeded by Oluf Pihl

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Name	Steenstrup, Peter Severin
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Date of birth	29 November 1807
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Date of death	17 February 1863
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